The Swedish team take to the water for the first time in light winds
J.P. Morgan Asset Management extends sponsorship
Round the Island Race confirms that J.P. Morgan will sponsor race for a further two years
EU plan thwarted
RYA vows to stamp out Dutch MEP's proposal for boat registration, licensing and regular checks
Vendée Globe: cruel luck?
A keel has fallen off, another boat has collided with a fishing boat. I take a look at the complications these skippers may face
Pushing south to stay with breeze
After a fast passage across the Bay of Biscay, the Vendée Globe leading group are passing the Portuguese coast at good speed
A Foiling Breakthrough?
A British team of rocket scientists reveal their answer to safe foiling offshore
Windsurfing Back in Olympics
Kiteboarding is out and windsurfing back in for the 2020 Games
Vendée Globe: collision mars start
Bertrand de Broc limps back to port with damage while 19 skippers get a lumpy start on their round-the-world marathon
Vendée Globe: tearful goodbyes
The choking emotion of leaving loved ones sums up the privations and real risks these solo sailors face
IMOCA 60s: A French Revolution?
The solo class has signed over all their commercial rights to a company set up by Britain's Sir Keith Mills. Is a revolution ahead?
Sevenstar back Round Britain
Sevenstar are to sponsor the RORC Round Britain & Ireland Race in 2014
How to follow the Vendée Globe
Here is everything you need to know to follow the race start
Britain’s Sam Davies wins hearts
The only woman racing in the Vendée Globe, Samantha Davies is hugely popular in France. Could she replicate this back home?
Who’ll win the Vendée Globe?
I take a look at the field for the solo round the world race and pick my best bets
Artemis Racing launches AC72
After a two week delay to undertake repairs, the Swedish Challenger is finally launched in San Francisco
First Clipper 70 arrives in UK
The 12 new Clipper Race yachts will create the world's biggest matched fleet of large ocean racing yachts
Steve Jobs’s iYacht
A high-tech superyacht is launched posthumously for the co-founder of Apple
Vendée Globe: record attendance
A record number of spectators walked the pontoons for the first week of Race Village opening
Old-style ship’s chandlers
They sell everything from anchors to thimbles and IMHO are one of the few joys of shopping
Why are you doing the Vendée Globe?
On board ACCIONA Spanish skipper Javier Sanso tells us why he decided to compete in the 2012-2013 Vendée